APPLIED SOLID MECHANICS

The Applied Solid Mechanics area pursues fundamental research on mechanics of solids, materials and structures. Members of this group develop and use modern analytical, computational, and experimental tools to investigate physical phenomena and engineering applications in materials (nanomaterials, metals and alloys, biopolymers and biological cells, wood, paper and other biocomposites), structures (marine and aerospace), devices (biomedical stents, bioadhesives), and sensors (laser, X-ray, microwave). They attract funding from Canadian agencies like the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Mitacs, Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) and international agencies like Human Frontiers in Research Funds (HFSP) as well as Canadian and international industry.